Question Of Fact Exists As To Whether Pollution Exclusion Bars Coverage For Oil Leak

Mealey's (August 22, 2017, 1:53 PM EDT) -- CAMDEN, N.J. — A New Jersey federal judge on Aug. 17 partially denied two insurers’ motions for summary judgment on the applicability of their policies’ pollution exclusions after determining that a question of fact exists as to whether the leakage of heating oil from an underground storage tank constitutes “traditional environmental pollution” that is precluded under the exclusion (Nimrod Benjamin, et al., v. State Farm Insurance Co., et al., No. 15-4123, D. N.J., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 131078)....

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